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The Islamic Law of War: Justifications and Regulations
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Review
“This is a highly technical book that will provide answers to many researchers on its dual topics of the Sha’ria position on the resort of the use of force and on the means employed during armed conflict.” --Cherif Bassiouni, Distinguished Research Professor of Law Emeritus, President Emeritus, International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University College of Law
“With an astute and comprehensive analysis of a ‘burdened’ subject, Al-Dawoody’s book joins a few treatments of the subject in English that do not repackage medieval Christian perceptions of Islam as ‘neutral’ treatments of the subject of war in Islamic history. It will find its way into most syllabi of college courses on jihad.” –Ahmad Atif Ahmad, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, the University of California-Santa Barbara
About the Author
Ahmed Al-Dawoody is a Lecturer in Islamic studies at Al-Azhar University. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham, UK, his MA in Islamic Studies from Leiden University, The Netherlands, and a five year BA degree in Islamic studies from Al-Azhar University, Cairo. He has also taught courses on Islam in the United States and the UK.
17/04/2011
Al-Dawoody does what many have tried to do and failed, give a clear and lucid explanation of the theological basis for Islamic war. He cites sources and gives footnoted that are so extensive he had to edit the book to make it of pulishable size. His writing is clear and accessable. His scholarship is impecable. I highly reccomend this book for all who seek to understand the law of war from an Islamic perspective.
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